Oh, Geez - I Rise To The Defense Of Eliot Spitzer

File this (inaccurately) under "Too Much Free Time" or "Google Ought To Charge This Fool", but this snippet via Glenn caught my eye:

Keep in mind the time frame here as well. The allegations span the period from 2000 through 2005. Eliot Spitzer was the Attorney General of New York during that relevant period (he was AG from 1999 until 2006, when he became Governor). During that time, Spitzer repeatedly attacked Wall Street for graft and pressured Wall Street executives to cut deals with his office. Yet, he never once bothered to look into the actions of those within the NYS government who were trusted with overseeing the $122 billion pension plan and whether any irregularities were involved.

Spitzer became governor on the strength of his assault on Wall Street. He overlooked the corruption within the state government. That's a mistake that Andrew Cuomo is not making.

Well, first of all, Hevesi was under investigation for other things while Spitzer was the State AG, and Spitzer was about to put the boot to him when Hevesi resigned in late 2006:

ALBANY, Dec. 22 — State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi today quit his post and pleaded guilty to a single felony charge after arranging a deal with prosecutors that will spare him prison time.

His decision to step down came as Albany prosecutors were preparing to ask a grand jury to indict him on charges of defrauding the government and on other felonies stemming from his use of state employees as chauffeurs and aides to his wife, a law enforcement official said, charges that could have yielded a prison sentence had he been convicted.

...

Mr. Hevesi’s decision to resign, which several top Democrats said Thursday that he had made recently, will remove perhaps the biggest cloud facing Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer when he takes office in 10 days. Mr. Spitzer had made it clear that he intended to seek the comptroller’s removal, which could have set off a messy political fight and cost him a great deal of political capital in the first days of a new administration intent on shaking up the power structure in Albany.

...

Mr. Hevesi’s decision to step down came as Mr. Spitzer, a former close ally, had grown increasingly critical of the comptroller’s behavior in recent months. The governor-elect withdrew his endorsement during the campaign and signaled afterward that after taking office he would ask the State Senate to consider removing Mr. Hevesi.

And the Albany County district attorney, P. David Soares, a Democrat, was poised to ask a grand jury to indict Mr. Hevesi today, according to the law enforcement official who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the secret nature of such proceedings. In a sign of Mr. Soares’s view of the case, he referred to Mr. Hevesi’s use of a state driver for his wife as “chauffeurgate” this week in a statement he released about his office’s negotiations with Mr. Hevesi’s lawyers.

Secondly, I have a real question a;ong the lines of "Who will guard the guardian" - is it really the job of the State Attorney General to investigate corruption in the state government?  That certainly seems to be the mission of the State Inspector General:

The Inspector General's Office is entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring that State government, its employees and those who work with the state meet the highest standards of honesty, accountability, and efficiency.

From the press releases I infer that criminal indictments are handled in a variety of ways - here, Morgenthau of NYC handled the indictments; in this case, the suspect "was arrested by investigators from the New York State Inspector General’s office and the Utica Police Department."

Well.  I don't know and I am pretty sure I don't want to find out, but at first blush it does not appear that Eliot Spitzer should have been the go-to guy on investigating Hevesi.  That said, I have no doubt that he could have put himself on the case had he been so inclined.

UPDATE:  A day later the Times explains the timeline:

The inquiry into corruption at the New York State pension fund started simply enough. Alan G. Hevesi, the former comptroller, was accused of using state workers as chauffeurs for his ailing wife.

But by the time Mr. Hevesi resigned his office in late 2006, investigators for the Albany County district attorney’s office were examining a more troubling problem: allegations that Mr. Hevesi’s associates had sold access to the state’s $122 billion pension fund, using one of the world’s largest pools of assets to reward friends, pay back political favors and reap millions of dollars in cash rewards for themselves.

“We knew this was not going to be a case we could handle ourselves in Albany County,” recalled P. David Soares, the Albany County district attorney.

In 2007, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s office and then the Securities and Exchange Commission took over the inquiry, which has ballooned into a sprawling investigation involving some of the most prominent players in New York’s political and financial worlds.

Comments

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Better watch out, next you'll be accused of defending Obama.

[Charlie (Colorado)]

...at first blush it does not appear that Eliot Spitzer should have been the go-to guy on investigating Hevesi.

More seriously, I'm certainly uncertain, but it seems like the AG prosecutes pretty much everything, with the exception of potential corruption in the AG's department.

[bad]

Did he have time to investigate Hevesi? I heard he was already knocking off a lot....

[Danube of Thought]

Well, anyhow it looks like the CNN airhead is taking a well-deserved rest of some kind:

"CNN denies reports that Roesgen's email was shut down. A spokesperson tells TVNewser many people were emailing what they believed to be Roesgen's CNN account, but it was actually a non-existent inbox. Her email account was and continues to be active.

"So far Roesgen is not talking publicly about the situation. CNN tells us she's now on a previously-planned vacation."

[bad]

The left is pissed at Politico for reporting done on the release of "torture" memos.

LUN

[Pofarmer]

Say goodbye to your plentiful and cheap food.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that an executive of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is appointed Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate.

In this position, Robert Bonnie, EDF's Vice-President for Land Conservation and Wildlife, will help guide broad policy and program decisions with an emphasis on those concerning the nation's natural resources and climate issues.

Bonnie is described as a leading national expert on the use of markets as a means to reward stewardship on farms, ranches and forest lands, including carbon crediting and conservation banking for endangered species.

LUN

[bad]

Po, that link requires a membership.

[Extraneus]

Wow, what a good looking kid!

[bad]

I hope he doesn't truly understand what's going on, Extraneous. I don't want kids to give up.

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Speaking of global warming, we're expected to have as much as two feet of snow in my area by tomorrow night.

And up to 70°F by Tuesday.

[Pofarmer]

"Po, that link requires a membership."

Oops, I'll reprint the article then.

Vilsack names head of Environment and Climate

By Lisa M. Keefe on 4/17/2009

Poultry 201
As the controversy over global warming — and meat production's contributions to it — gains steam, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that an executive of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is appointed Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate.

In this position, Robert Bonnie, EDF's Vice-President for Land Conservation and Wildlife, will help guide broad policy and program decisions with an emphasis on those concerning the nation's natural resources and climate issues.

Bonnie is described as a leading national expert on the use of markets as a means to reward stewardship on farms, ranches and forest lands, including carbon crediting and conservation banking for endangered species.

"Robert Bonnie brings to USDA 14 years of experience at the Environmental Defense Fund where he worked to conserve natural resources and protect the climate on America's farms, ranches and forest lands," Vilsack said in a release.

"President Obama has been clear that two of his top goals for the department are related to the environment: expanding the capacity of our land, our farms, and our ranches to produce alternative forms of energy and fuel; and developing the research that will help agriculture transition away from its significant dependence on fossil fuels.

"Robert's work on conservation incentives and markets, as well as conservation policy, will help guide USDA as we address some of the most challenging issues facing our nation's future."

A Harvard graduate, Bonnie holds a master's degree in resource economics and forestry from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, N.C. He grew up on a farm in Kentucky and now lives in Virginia.

[Pofarmer]

Just when you think things couldn't possibly suck any worse.

[Pofarmer]

If the economy even tries to recover, this crew is gonna hit it with a club.

[Danube of Thought]

Unemployment in California is now at 11.1%, highest since 1976.

[Pofarmer]

Club it like a baby seal.

[Soylent Red]

Then, send me the pelt.

[Extraneus]

Didn't notice anything about productivity in that, Po.

[TCO]

Wazzup...Charlie and JOM and Kim, you little bailout loverz? No notice on the Tea Party, since you RINOs weren't needed there.

[pagar]

Unemployment in California

But the unions are still getting lots of money.

Under the program, people receiving care are entitled to hire whom they wish at government expense. Most hire their relatives, because family members are often the most appropriate to provide the needed round-the-clock feeding, changing, bathing and other care. Wages range from $8 to $14.68 an hour, depending on the county.Those workers are required to pay monthly union dues that total millions of dollars. The SEIU, for example, collects nearly $5 million a month from its 223,000 In Home system members.

,What this involvement means is that SEIU as well as AFSCME, are lobbying within government for more government, which means of course, higher taxes, and in my opinion, worse government.

$5 million a month to donate to Democrats, hundreds of thousands of workers to add to leftist causes.

[Barry Dauphin]

Last time I checked Spitzer still had a loud mouth. Even if he technically would not investigate this situation, why waste the pixels on him? He brought this kind of criticism onto himself for his style of prosecutory "zeal" to begin with.

[clarice]

Environmental Defense Fund that's all you need to know.

[Sue]

We are in a world of hurt. The EPA just stuck a knife in us.

[Ann]

Sue, Have you seen the brother handshake on Drudge?

A world of hurt, indeed!

[Sue]

Ann,

I saw the picture. I have an inlaw that is from Venezuela. His brother still lives there. You should really talk to someone who lives there that isn't on the government dole (yet) what they think of Chavez.

[Pofarmer]

Didn't notice anything about productivity in that, Po.

You can basically kiss the livestock industry goodbye.

[Sue]

Is there a point where the country rebels?

[Pofarmer]

Is there a point where the country rebels?

I dunno Sue. Nobody WANTS to do it. We have it pretty good her in the USA, but DAMN!

[centralcal]

Sue: On my more positive days, I think that the best friend WE have is Obama himself (well, him and his merry band of men and women). People, besides US, are seeing and experiencing The One like never before. Those who aren't Nancy or Harry or Chuckie or Chrissy or Barney (on and on ad naseum), or the Legacy Media, have many reasons to be worried.

They don't have JFK (the original, not the pretender) back in the White House. They have a fascist, marxist, communist community organizer. He's TOO sexy for his shirt. If ya get my drift.

[Pofarmer]

Ya know, with what was said about the tea parties, can you imagine if someone DID openly call for Rebellion?

[Sue]

I have a tendency to fret about Hugo Chavez and how he came to power in Venezuela and managed to remain there. I see signs in Obama of an early Chavez. You buy your base with goodies and you are in like Flynn for life. You rid yourself of the middle class and your voting base becomes dependent on you to keep the goodies coming.

[Extraneus]

Interesting you should mention that, Po, because at the tea party I attended, I noticed that what the crowed really reacted to was anger. The speakers were obviously coached to be non-partisan, etc., and were mostly pretty boring, but here and there there was a little flash of righteous anger, and it always got the crowed going.

[Sue]

I keep hearing libtards saying that these protests were paid for by "conservative" entities, the latest is 3 of them. Would someone please tell me who is paying for me to protest because I'd really like to know who is behind the curtain pulling my strings.

[Ann]

CC,

You have a really good point. The more they call us racist, redneck, terrorists the madder I get.

I dare anyone to watch the video at HotAir of Garofalo and Keith talking about white power and tell me you are not ready to do something.

The sad thing to me is she sums up what my evil sister-in-laws think of us. I felt like I was at the dinner table in VA.

Extraneus, Was that your adorable son? Are you in the picture?

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Wazzup...Charlie and JOM and Kim, you little bailout loverz? No notice on the Tea Party, since you RINOs weren't needed there.

So much for the 30 days chip, I guess.

It's okay, relapse is part of recovery.

[pagar]

Wonder where Chavez gets his intelligence reports from:

Chavez Says U.S. Empire Will Soon Fall, Calls Bush 'Devil'

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Anyone remember stories about William Ayers and Venezuela?

, with President Hugo Chávez at his side, Ayers proclaimed his support for “the profound educational reforms under way here in Venezuela under the leadership of President Chávez. We share the belief that education is the motor-force of revolution. . . .

Now, we see the special handshake with Obama. Could it be Chavez knew more than the American voters?

[Captain Hate]

I dare anyone to watch the video at HotAir of Garofalo and Keith talking about white power and tell me you are not ready to do something.

I could only make it about halfway through before I had to just turn it off. It's really embarrassing when extremely stupid people try to act like they're smart. If brains were dynamite, between Garofugly and Bathtub Boy they couldn't work up enough explosive power to blow their noses. Plus looking at how she takes care of that greasy rat's nest of a head of hair, the smell from her could drop a horse.

[Strawman Cometh]

Ann,
I tried to watch the Garofool vomit video, but I couldn't make it through to her. The first minute of Keith was more than I could bear, had to close the tab. We are two Americas. But props to you for sticking with it. I am going down to the garage to replace the engine in my '96 Subaru Outback.
Local Iowahawk fans will also enjoy his previous entry. LUN

[Sue]

I particularly liked her comment that 'we' don't know what the Boston Tea Party was about. And we are just teabaggin' rednecks. Don't you feel the love?

[Danube of Thought]

I'm just dreaming that maybe the guys who put together the recall of Gray Davis might aim a bit higher this time. How about a petition to recall Schwartzenegger and the entire state legislature? "In the name of God, just go!" I think it would sure get some attention and put the fear of God in those fools. Might even include a proviso that no one now serving is eligible to run for the legislature ever again.

Hell, if Cromwell can do it, why can't we?

[Danube of Thought]

"Your country therefore calls upon me to cleanse this Augean stable, by putting a final period to your iniquitous proceedings in this House; and which by God’s help, and the strength he has given me, I am now come to do; I command ye therefore, upon the peril of your lives, to depart immediately out of this place; go, get you out! Make haste! Ye venal slaves be gone! So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors. In the name of God, go!"

Are we getting there yet?

[Sue]

Drudge is linking to a story that Israel is ready to bomb Iran. Not sure I buy it, but what would Obama do if Israel does it?

[clarice]

Garofolo means buffalo--just saying.

What will Obama do? Stamp his tiny feet?

[Pofarmer]

Ya know, if Kieth Olbermann can't make you hate somebody, you aren't paying attention.

Garafalo wouldn't know the truth if it hit her upside the head.

[Pofarmer]

These people are supposed to be making sense?

[Pofarmer]

Who here considers themselves anti-intellectual?

Olbermann is intellectual?

Thank God for the Second ammendment. We may need it yet.

[Soylent Red]

He would do nothing Sue.

He would do nothing when the U.N. slapped sanctions on Israel and when the Muslim world went crazy. He would do nothing.

Garafalo wouldn't know the truth if it hit her upside the head.

I would like to test that theory Po. With the truth being written on the bumper of a garbage truck going 70 mph.

[bad]

Garafalo is a cross between a gargoyle and a buffalo. She's no purebred.

[Pofarmer]

People consider that news?

[Captain Hate]

What will Obama do? Stamp his tiny feet?

Flap his ginormous ears?

[ben]

http://www.olbermannwatch.com/archives/2009/04/lou_dobbs_rips.php

Maybe it has already been linked, but this Lou Dobbs smackdown of Gabuffalo and Olberwrought is great....and MSNBC gets an earful to boot...

[Rick Ballard]

"Are we getting there yet?"

We're getting there (the CA unemployment number needs to go national first) but I'm not sure what "there" will look like. If a

Taxed
Enough
A

Party (as in political movement) does come into being with a strong populist bent then things will get very interesting. Such a movement could demand support of a fiscally conservative platform as a condition for gaining Tea Party member's votes and effectively wipe out the Blue Dogs in '10.

[Rick Ballard]

I really didn't mean to be that bold.

[Sue]

You know what? I think Greta has elevated herself into a right winger. I'm kind of liking it.

[clarice]

Bold off

[Caro]

Commenting boldly from Jane's couch... no, I haven't been here for two weeks--

I love, love, love the JOM women's references to "tiny feet." I don't know anything about "teabagging" but I get "tiny feet!"

[clarice]

Sue, Greta's dad was a Wisconsin judge close to Joe McCarthy .

[Jane]

And we are just teabaggin' rednecks

I can honestly say I've never been called anything close to that it my rather extended life. I sort of take it as a badge of something. Clearly Massachusetts has changed.

[Sue]

Clarice,

Greta's husband was a campaign manager or something high up for John Kerry. She announced it regularly when she was reporting on him.

[glenda]

Sue..

I think Greta has a keen B.S.-ometer--her takedown of that CNN ditz susan r was killer!
And if there were any leaders (smart) in the GOP they would march together on the steps of the Congress (ala Gingrich's contract) and have their own tea party and effort to defeat congresscritters who vote for anything but necessary spending.
Repeat the next week and the next. Call out the media by name on their derisive language regarding anyone who doesn't kowtow to the ChiComm's---ask when people dissented from George Bush's worldview, they called them out for disagreeing. Have a constant feedback as to why Obama's environmental and energy policies will do nothing but endanger our economy, our security. There are reasonable solutions(ask Kim) for our environment that will not kill industries which in turn kills jobs which in turn kills families and on and on.

They need to call Holder, and Napolitano to task for their incendiary decisions to set the framework for the real extremists in the world to succeed.

On a side note, did anyone see Capt.Phillips welcome home address? He obviously was dumping on Obama's role in his rescue with his fervent praise of our military & Asking the public to always thank people in uniform. He evidently knows who saved him and doesn't believe in Janet's "veterans are crazy memo". He had a long plane ride home to write his speech and surely some lefty reporter will say he's grateful to the President, blah blah, but when he had the chance, originally, he declined.

[Ignatz]

He obviously was dumping on Obama's role in his rescue with his fervent praise of our military & Asking the public to always thank people in uniform.

His brother apparently is on the board of the Heritage Foundation so perhaps he also looks through a glass clearly at our CIC.

[ben]

Someone call Napolitano quickly...tea party headcount now over 550k.... over a half million dangerous right wing extremists..

[Porchlight]

His brother apparently is on the board of the Heritage Foundation

Really? Wow, no wonder the lefty blogs aren't paying any attention to him now that they've awarded Zero the credz for his rescue.

[Ann]

glenda, The Captain was wonderful.

I love the fact that Greta keeps showing RUSH clips at the end of her hour. She just reported that he will be on the show in person Monday night. Love It!!! The more America gets to see the real RUSH the better.

Ben, Loved your Dobbs link and what he says at the end: "It is sad to watch....they are not persuaded by HOPE even AUDACIOUS HOPE!!! LOL

[ben]

"Wazzup...Charlie and JOM and Kim, you little bailout loverz? No notice on the Tea Party, since you RINOs weren't needed there."

TCO went to a tea party???? Small baby steps are good.....

[Barry Dauphin]

On the next 24, Jack waterboards Garafolo & Olberman, realizing he will get no useful information from them, he just wants the practice.

[JM Hanes]

Running a little test here.

[narciso]

Sue, Politico and Gawker and the Huffington Post, tried to slag Mr. Coale, Greta's husband, for his Scientologist background and some loobying efforts for them twenty years ago, and by proxy, Sarah, as an acolyte of Zenu, for having him set up her Pac. I think she were staunch Democrat but they are evolving into possibly right leaning independents.

I teared up at the Captain Phillips home
coming ceremony, I guess it's mysentimental reactionary side, it explains a lot I suppose, I love this country, and it pains
me to see what's being done to it, in the
guise of the economic crisis.

[JM Hanes]

Has anyone tried to post a link lately? Typepad seems to have gone from eliminating the links I'm posting to eliminating the posts that contain them. Anybody know how long it takes comments to emerge from TP limbo? I'd give it a third try, but it would probably now qualify as spamming the thread.

[clarice]

Niters--Happy weekened all.

[Porchlight]

Ann, I love the way you always capitalize RUSH. Cheers me right up every time! :)

[JM Hanes]

Hope ya'll will indulge the potential unintended consequences, but I'm going to give posting this in two parts a try, just in case the previous 4 link limit has been lowered.

Ann:

"You have a really good point. The more they call us racist, redneck, terrorists the madder I get. I dare anyone to watch the video at HotAir of Garofalo and Keith talking about white power and tell me you are not ready to do something."

You know, if the Bald Man were here (on this FRIDAY NIGHT), I suspect he'd say the plan is coming together nicely.

On air lefties frantically shore up each other's delusional paranoia about White Supremacists and rednecks who don't have the brain power for History.

[JM Hanes]

The Speaker of the House weighs in with Astroturf, while DHS stokes the Violent Extremist fires.

How long before they manage to insult 51% of the country? Not long! We're mad as hell, and willful blindness is our friend.

And so is the ability to count to 4 apparently.

[Ann]

Porchlight,

Oh, good!!! I believe he deserves to be added to Mt. RUSHmore. :)

[Porchlight]

Mt. RUSHmore

Love it! Though I am sure RUSH would modestly demur. :)

[JM Hanes]

I'm not sure where I got the link to this article at Politico, but I think I'll have to add Andrew Sullivan and Glen Greenwald to the list of folks serving up helpful insults. Having called Mike Allen a Bush mouthpiece and a journalistic hack I doubt they'll be getting any future benefit of the doubt. Disabusing mainstream media, one reporter at a time.

I think Politico actually does a pretty decent job in their particular niche. I emailed one of their writers awhile back with a complaint about an altered story. Much to my surprise, he not only responded, he explained why and how the piece had been updated, told me he hadn't thought of the issue I had raised about reference linking, and said he planned to take it up with the brass. It's become a daily read, with a lot less actual spinning than plenty of other MSM sources.

[ben]

I think Andrew Sullivan should be ignored and relegated to the status he deserves: irrelevancy. There are a lot of candidates for the most intellectually dishonest blogger around, but Sullivan's claim he is a conservative really takes the cake.

[Ann]

JMH,
I can't help but compliment you on your writing but when you add your photos it is a beautiful thing. You have so many gifts. BRAVO!

Porchlight,

I find it so interesting that the left has recently decided that they are so powerful that they can come out freely and tell us what they really think of us. They were obviously to insecure before the election to do so. Kinda like:
Janeane Garofalo

You suffered unimaginable right-wing abuse and death-threats in 2003. Now you're on the cast of 24. Was there a quid pro quo for that? Like 'I went through all this, so here are my demands'?

I was offered a good job. At first I passed on it because of the right-wing nature of a couple of the writers. But then I realized A) I'm not being me, B) I was unemployed, and C) a very good friend of mine is on it, Mary Lynn Rajskub. And she loves it there. There's only one or two right wingers in the whole show, in the writer's room. There's nobody else whose opinions reflect that in the cast or the crew. And then midway through when I was working there the main right-winger left the show anyway.

SUCH COURAGE! and

That is shockingly disappointing.

Now, having said that, when Rush Limbaugh visited the set, and when Lynne Cheney visited the set, I refused to have my picture taken with them or meet them or anything. I didn't want to make a scene out of it and not even go meet them in front of people. When somebody came to me privately and said 'do you want to meet them', I said absolutely not. But I would never have made a big show of it and embarrassed people who worked there. Not that they were interested in meeting me. And, to tell you the truth, I doubt that Lynne Cheney even knew who I was...

Scaredy Cat needed a paycheck and left her pride behind!

[PD]

I see signs in Obama of an early Chavez.

I've been reading Cuban history lately. The parallels between Castro's takeover and what our administration is doing are striking, and hair raising.

[Pofarmer]

O.K.

Given the results of the last election, how does a revolution or a revolt end up? Let's say you push out the elected leadership. Then what? This country is so evenly divided that it could go either way again with elections. I'm starting to think that the Russians parition scenario might actually be the BEST thing.

[Pofarmer]

Is typepad just trying to piss off it's last two customers?

[JM Hanes]

Thanks, Ann!

Those photos came from a short slide show I put up of the local Tea Party. If Typepad eats that link, I've put a spare LUN.

[pagar]

The parallels between Castro's takeover and what our administration is doing are striking, and hair raising.

The sooner every American realizes that, the better the chances of getting our country back.

[cathyf]

Speaking of global warming, we're expected to have as much as two feet of snow in my area by tomorrow night.

And up to 70°F by Tuesday.

Around here we say, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute."

[Extraneus]

I wasn't in the pic, Ann. :-D

[narciso]

Actually Richard Pipe's character sketch of Lenin, that I got from Richard
Pipes 'History of the Russian Revolution' but the same rules apply.

[centralcal]

Ann: Like you I have noticed Greta has a RUSH segment on every show now - and usually an excellent one. I look forward to watching Monday to see what Maha Rushie will talk about.

I like Greta so much better when she doesn't do "crime" stories.

I think Greta also may represent a lot of conflicted Democrats. Their party has walked off a cliff, while they stand at the edge with their jaws agape.

[Barry Dauphin]

Oh my God. Garofolo won't meet Lynne Cheney or Rush Limbaugh. Won't even meet them--LOL. It is against her religion to even be around any right wingers. Hope & Change! 2 Americas! What a pathetic little (very little) person. Any who disagree with her are beneath contempt.

The very model of the new America-- Obama can yuck it up with Hugo Chavez but only show restrained disgust for GWB. Garafolo can swoon over any lefty anti-American boob but cannot even meet a successful conservative. And she wonders why she is unemployed. Where are Sean Penn & Tom Hanks when you need them?

[PD]

Where are Sean Penn & Tom Hanks when you need them?

When would you ever need them?

[Ann]

Barry Dauphin,

It appears that RUSH denies it ever happened.

Who ya going to believe Gargoyle or RUSH?
The woman is nuts!!!

[LimbaughsLamborghini]

Who is Garofalo and why should we care what this inconsequential hippie dyke has to say?